Nobonita Chowdhury It was my brother, an ardent graphic novel fan, who brought up the name of the school. Last evening, my brother, father and I were having a random conversation when, for some reason, the topic of my brother’s dream school came up. My brother mentioned The Kubert School, which surprised both me and…
At a very young age, children begin to understand the world around through observational learning where young children observe the actions of others and mimic them. In a famous study called the Bobo Doll experiment, children observed adults both verbally and physically abusing the doll. Later when the adults were not present the children who…
Nobonita Chowdhury The Brazilian hair trend of Velaterapia involves twisting a small area of hair and then slowly burning the worn out ends with a candle. Sounds like a cult ritual, right? In fact, this relatively dangerous trend went viral thanks to Victoria’s Secret models Alessandra Ambrosia and Barbara Fialho. Both models posted about this…
Fabia Shahzadi In 1973, William Peter Blatty’s bestselling novel, The Exorcist, was adapted into one of the most successful movies of all time. It told the story of a young girl’s soul being possessed by a demon, and it was actually inspired by a real-life incident. In 1949, a 13-year-old boy from Cottage City, Maryland…
Tara Sattar In February of this year, the A-Listers appeared in a left-field direction for their fashion inspiration: Walt Disney. Dresses worn by Brie Larson, Saoirse Ronan and Alicia Vikander all channelled Disney cartoons: Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Cinderella. These references were prophetic. In the next few months, fashion embraced Disney…
Reaz Fiem When I completed my transformation I first uploaded my picture in a Facebook page. The page is named “Shredded Army”. The page contains fitness enthusiasts from around the country and now flaunts a hefty 3,600 members. Many admired my achievements and I felt overwhelmed and even more motivated! Last week I met Prithvee…
Samiul Bashar Samin Russian culture minister Vladimir Medinsky has accused the U.S. government of using Netflix as a nefarious tool to control the minds of people around the world. “They understand how to enter everyone’s homes by getting into every television with the help of Netflix and through this TV into the heads of everyone…
Samiul Bashar Samin While known for playing iconic characters ranging from Howard Hughes in The Aviator to Hugh Glass in The Revenant, Leonardo DiCaprio won’t be playing Persian poet Rumi anytime soon. Screenwriter David Franzoni (Gladiator) and producer Stephen Joel Brown, who are working on a film about the 13th century poet, said in an…
|| Books for Survival || Abul Talab stitches books. He stitches around hundred books a day. He only earns 300-350tk max working the whole day. He lives in Dhaka alone and he sends 50% of the money he earns a day to his wife and children. He has two daughters and a son. Even though…